The vulnerability of the afs_open_socket() function in the fs/afs/rxrpc.c module of the Andrew File System support module in the Linux operating system allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the afsopensocket function in the fs/afs/rxrpc.c module of the Andrew File System support library in the Linux operating system is related to an uncontrolled recursion. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a service failure...